Latest articles by Emma Thelwell
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The return of the prefab - but this time it's cool
Features Low-paid workers, first-time buyers and young families currently face a dearth of affordable housing. But Britain has faced - and solved - this problem before. And now the postwar prefab is back - with a stylish makeover.
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Don't rush into tempting Sipp property schemes
Features You will soon be able to put residential property in your personal pension pot. But this is not as good an idea as it may sound
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How to get around the Sipp property rules
Features Gordon Brown’s U-turn means you still can’t put residential property into a Sipp. You could buy into a property-linked fund instead. But given the state of the market, is that such a good idea?
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What to buy, what to sell: how not to dilute your profits
Features How not to dilute your profits, why vice pays, and why you should take a look at investment trusts.
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Three holiday home locations that still offer value
Features Now that most of the French and Spanish property market seems over-priced and over-crowded, and last year’s eastern European hotspots are beginning to look over-built and over-rated, where can the British go next in their search for a dream holiday home?
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Should you back the New Stars?
Features Fund management group New Star is on an advertising binge. But should you believe the hype and back its market-beating young managers?
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How you can buy into silver at bargain prices
Features Silver prices may be soaring, but there's one unloved corner of the market where the smart investor can still bag a real bargain. Welcome to the world of antique silver...
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Fund of the week: Anthony Bolton’s contrarian outlook
Features Anthony Bolton, manager of Fidelity’s Special Values investment trust, has made a name for himself by going against the grain – buying undervalued shares with recovery potential.
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A “desperately poor year” for housing
Features The property-market bulls seem to think that 2005 has gone their way. But we aren't so sure. House price figures can be 'cherry-picked' to suit either side of the debate, but one fact can't be argued with - that transactions fell to a 30-year low during the year.
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Fund of the week: Britain’s Mr Goldfinger
Features Graham Birch, manager of Merrill Lynch’s £600m Gold & General Fund, has had quite a year, says Patrick Collinson in The Guardian.
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The joys of owning your own wood
Features The joys of owning your own wood - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Is there money to be made in Spain?
Features Is there any money to be made in Spanish property? - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Grand living comes with a grand price tag
Features Chateaux were never meant for people with good sense...or tight budgets - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Don’t rush into fashionable property markets
Features The British love to buy second homes ¬– 230,000 Brits own one abroad. But with property in the UK, the US and across much of western Europe looking frighteningly overpriced, they’ve started to look further afield for good deals.
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